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Iran: Even If Windows Is Free, Linux Is Preferred

Posted by timothy on from the non-abdication dept.

gpwiki.org writes "Iran, a country which does not abide by international copyright law, is reportedly moving toward Linux. 'All the software in Iran is copied. There is no copyright law, so everybody uses Microsoft software freely,' said the secretary of Iran's High Informatics Council. 'But we cannot continue like this much longer.' The article suggests that a desire to enter the WTO, and Windows security issues are prime motivating factors. 'Microsoft is a national security concern.'"

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  1. In reality.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not breaking up MSFT was Bush's evil plan to infiltrate Iran using Windows! Make/keep all of the systems insecure, all the while slowly planning for the upcoming invasion?

    Brilliant. :)

    No, really, take you tinfoil hat off. Right now. I'm only kidding.

  2. It's about GAMES by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is still IMHO no games in linux. Every game comes out for linux years later. I have never seen a game released the same day for linux and windows. Of course this probably doesn't concern Iran much since I can't imagine much of a Quake or wolfenstein community there.